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of a polished surface, and may have been examples of Smoked ware which were 

 not fired to the usual brown hue. The flutes are 2-5 mm. deep and the crests 

 between them run 5-10 mm. apart (pi. 14, o). 



16. Semilunar punctation and scoring. A single sherd, probably of a ped- 

 estal base, combined horizontal deep scoring with two horizontal rows of semi- 

 lunar shaped punctations separated by an incised line, so that the combination 

 of incision and punctations gives the impression of a stem with curved leaves 

 attached evenly on either side. Vestiges of red paint are clearly visible on the 

 interior of the sherd. The punctations are boldly executed; that is, deeply im- 

 pressed and fairly large, about 1 cm. long by 2 mm. wide (pi. 14, i). 



17. Fine-line incision with fine scoring. One vessel of unslipped Buff ware 

 washed out of the riverbank and subsequently purchased from Sr. Gir6n, owner 

 of the site, merits somewhat more detailed description (fig. 65, a). Shaped like a 

 slender flower vase with a flared or pedestal base (completely closed at the foot 

 or base rim) and a gently flaring orifice, the vessel measured 23.5 cms. high, had 

 an orifice diameter of 10.8 cms., a base foot diameter of 8.8 cms., and a minimum 

 diameter of 3.5 cms. The upper half of the vessel is smoothed on both the interior 

 and exterior and decorated with vertical shallow-line incision and scoring marks. 

 The central part of the vessel is encircled by two roughened bands which are 

 bordered by incised lines and show traces of red paint. Two applique "buttons" 

 with deep jab punctations are opposed on either side of the vessel near the mid- 

 point. Below the midpoint a series of fine-line incisions run down the sides to 

 the point where the base flares out. These have been smoothed over so that in 

 some areas they are barely visible, and the entire lower half of the vessel has a 

 resultant semipolished surface. The vessel is somewhat similar in shape and 

 possible function to the "pottery drum" recovered at Sitio Conte (Lothrop, 1942, 

 fig. 341), and also resembles the Guacamayan ware vessels illustrated by Feriz 

 (1959, figs. 20, 4, 21, 10). 



COCLE POLYCHROMES 



The Code Polychrome sherds from the Gir6n site had the charac- 

 teristic gray paste noted in sherds of the same type at the El Hatillo 

 site and presumably fairly characteristic of the same type at Sitio 

 Conte. Forms were limited to plates or shallow open bowls with the 

 one exception of one sherd from a collared jar. All plate rim sherds 

 were of the "drooping hp" variety, generally a characteristic of the 

 Early Period polychromes at Sitio Conte. 



AZUERO POLYCHROMES 



An examination of a representative sample of the Azuero group 

 sherds recovered at the Giron site reveals the absence of the Calabaza 

 and El Hatillo types, a minimal representation of the Parita type 

 through a few Yampi sherds, and a heavy concentration of Macaracas 

 type with Pica-pica, Higo, and Cuipo varieties aU present. 



RED DAUBED 



Vessel shapes present at the Giron site included: large collared jars 

 with tall straight outflared collars; jars with short everted collars; 



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